Egypt has said it will help to evacuate approximately 7,000 foreigners and dual-national Palestinians from Gaza amid a call by Joe Biden for a “pause” in fighting to extricate hostages.
Egypt was preparing to receive “about 7,000” people representing more than 60 nationalities through the Rafah crossing that borders Gaza, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday, without specifying a timeline.
Officials on both sides of the border expected about 400 people to cross on Thursday, with ambulances lined up in expectation of ferrying dozens of casualties to Egyptian hospitals, AFP reported.
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Egypt has said it will help to evacuate approximately 7,000 foreigners and dual-national Palestinians from Gaza amid a call by Joe Biden for a “pause” in fighting to extricate hostages.
Israeli bombardments have killed at least 8,796 people in Gaza, including 3,648 children, according to the Hamas-run ministry, and left the densely packed population of 2.3 million trapped in a humanitarian disaster with insufficient food, water and medicine.
The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was to hold talks in Israel on Friday and visit nearby countries to seek “urgent mechanisms” to reduce regional tensions, his office said.
Germany has said it will ban activities linked to Hamas, already a designated terrorist organisation in the country, as well as those of the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, which was accused of handing out baked goods in Berlin to celebrate the 7 October attack.
Some Israeli commentators and analysts said that behind the government’s continued rhetoric of vanquishing Hamas and total victory there was a rethink, prompted in part by the prospect of mounting IDF casualties and waning international support for Israel amid carnage in Gaza.
“Defeating Hamas has evolved from an immediate tactical objective into a long-term Israeli strategy, one that will include establishing a security zone, mining the border with Gaza and applying ongoing pressure,” Nadav Eyal wrote in Yedioth Ahronoth.
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